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Lagerfeld Confidential: Karl Lagerfeld Remains a Mystery
The following is an article from the AP about the new documentary on Karl Lagerfeld, called Lagerfeld Confidential: A mantelpiece is strewn with a dozen iPods and hundreds of chunky silver rings. Drawers are full of starched shirt collars. Piles of books stretch skyward like teetering towers of Pisa. This close-up look at Chanel designer [...]
Valentino Bids Farewell to Paris Prêt-à-Porter Fashion Week
Italian fashion designer Valentino staged his last ever ready-to-wear catwalk show, winning a standing ovation Wednesday from his supporters and a reprimand from fellow designer Karl Lagerfeld, who said it was too early for the fashion designer to retire. Wednesday’s show is not quite Valentino’s last hurrah — a final haute couture display is scheduled [...]
Paris Fashion Week Prêt-à-Porter Spring/Summer 2008 Schedule
The spring/summer 2008 prêt-à-porter collections are showing at Paris Fashion Week from September 29 to October 7, 2007! Here is the schedule of the shows: Saturday September 29 15h30 IMPASSE DE LA DEFENSE Grand Hall de la Gare de Lyon – Terrasse de l’Express Bleu – Paris 12e 17h30 FATIMA LOPES Studio Gabriel – 9 [...]
AP Report: Paris Fashion Week Kicks Off With No Plans to Ban Skinny Models
The Paris Fashion Week ready-to-wear shows kicked off on Sunday with the French fashion industry’s leading official saying he did not believe organizers should ban the use of models considered underweight. Didier Grumbach, head of the Chambre Syndicale — the body that governs French fashion — said that he did not plan to follow in [...]